Re: The Proposed .XXX TLD

["Todd Gibson" <tgibson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a business owner and internet surfer as well as a parent, I must object
to the proposed formation by ICANN of the .XXX TLD. The .XXX TLD will not
provide any further protection than is already in place, from various freely
available parental control software programs, to keep children away from
mature themed content, pornographic or otherwise, it will only start the
internet as a whole on a slippery slope of unnecessary censorship and
governmental control. In addition to unwanted censorship, the proposed .XXX
TLD will also unfairly target a legitimate business that has diligently
since its inception fought against the victimization of children, namely
though industry funded organizations that seek out child predators and child
pornographers and work with authorities in adding there capture and ultimate
prosecution. 

 

A more viable alternative to the proposed .XXX TLD would be to implement the
formation of a .KIDS TLD, which would be regulated at the registration
level, preventing any interest or organization from purchasing and using a
.KIDS domain name for anything other than a web site gear towards children's
education and entertainment.

 

In conclusion, I would like to point out that never was the internet
intended for children, or to be used as a child's unmonitored "babysitter",
the internet is a microcosm of the world itself and therefore is a very
dangerous, but exciting place to explore and learn as well as interact with
various culture's and to do business. By starting the slippery slope of
internet censorship regulated by governmental bodies, opposed to
self-censorship started in the home or by the individual themselves, we will
find ourselves collectively with an internet that no one, myself included
will want to visit!

 

Sincerely,

 

Todd Gibson